2017 Swope Park Rangers season

The 2017 Swope Park Rangers season was the club's 2nd year of play, along with their second season in the Western Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. For the 2nd straight year the Swope Park Rangers finished fourth in the Western Conference and were Runners Up in the USL Championship. This time losing 1-0 to Louisville City FC.

Swope Park Rangers
2017 season
General ManagerKurt Austin
Head CoachNikola Popovic
StadiumSwope Soccer Village
USLConference: 4th
USL PlayoffsChampionship Final
Top goalscorerKharlton Belmar (15)
Average home league attendance1,015

USL Regular season
Main article: 2017 USL season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 San Antonio FC 32 17 11 4 45 24 +21 62 Conference Playoffs
3 Reno 1868 FC 32 17 8 7 75 39 +36 59
4 Swope Park Rangers 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 58
5 Phoenix Rising FC 32 17 7 8 50 37 +13 58
6 OKC Energy FC 32 14 7 11 46 41 +5 49
Source: 2017 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 25, 2017 USL 1Swope Park Rangers3–1OKC Energy FCKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Kharlton Belmar  42'
Felipe Hernandez  47+'
Latif Blessing  62'
Dániel Sallói  71'		 Report Codi Laurendi  15'
Coady Andrews  24'
Philip Rasussen  47'
Jose Barril  90+1'  90+4'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Jon Freemon
March 29, 2017 USL 2Swope Park Rangers1–0Portland Timbers 2Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Kharlton Belmar  15'  54'
Lebo Moloto  29'
Nansel Selbol  58'
Adrian Zendejas  90+3'		 Report Shaquille Jimenez  22'
Rennico Clarke  73'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 572
Referee: Nima Saghafi
April 15, 2017 USL 3Swope Park Rangers1–0Sacramento Republic FCKansas City, Missouri
19:00 (CDT) Kevin Oliveira  52'
Amer Didic  57'
Mark Anthony Gonzalez  70'		 Report Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Dule Djurasevic
April 23, 2017 USL 4Phoenix Rising FC4–3Swope Park RangersPhoenix, Arizona
19:00 (CDT) Alessando Riggi  22'
Luke Rooney  25'
Chris Cortez  27'
Peter Ramage  47'
Kody Wakasa
Shaun Wright-Phillips  90+5'		 Report David Greczek  24'
Kevin Oliveira  79' (pen.), 90'
Christian Duke  90+3'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex
Attendance: 7,162
Referee: Luis Guardia
April 29, 2017 USL 5Real Monarchs SLC2–1Swope Park RangersSandy, Utah
17:00 (CDT) Chandler Hoffman  19'
Sebastian Velasquez  23'
James Moberg  36'
Ricardo Velazco  84'		 Report James Musa  7'
Amer Didic  14'
Kevin Oliveira  45+1'
Kharlton Belmar  48'  49'
Christian Duke  82'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
May 5, 2017 USL 6Swope Park Rangers3–1Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Nansel Selbol  8'
Lebo Moloto  28'
Kharlton Belmar  38'
Colton Storm  57'
Robert Mirosavic  80'
James Musa  86'		 Report David Norman  37'
Ben McKendry  86' (pen.)  90+3'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,110
Referee: Calin Radosav
May 13, 2017 USL 7Rio Grande Valley FC1–0Swope Park RangersEdinburg, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Todd Wharton  18'
Eric Bird  84'
Kai Greene  90+1'		 Report James Musa  84'
Liam Doyle  90'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Marco Vega
May 26, 2017 USL 8Swope Park Rangers0–1San Antonio FCKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Billy Forbes  61'
Mark O'Ojong  53'  79'
Kris Tyrpak  90+3'		 Report James Musa  24' Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 921
Referee: Jose Lara
June 3, 2017 USL 9San Antonio FC0–0Swope Park RangersSan Antonio, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Greg Cochrane  82' Report Liam Doyle  26'
James Musa  70'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Referee: Henrik Karlsson
June 11, 2017 USL 10Swope Park Rangers3–1Tulsa Roughnecks FCKansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Kharlton Belmar  21'
Cameron Iwasa  56'
Mark Anthony Gonzalez  90+1' (pen.), 90+3'		 Report Francisco Ugarte  11'
Oumar Ballo  75' (og.)
Pavel Kondrakhin  87'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 789
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 18, 2017 USL 11Swope Park Rangers2–2Phoenix Rising FCKansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Liam Doyle  9'
Kevin Oliveira  26' (pen.)
Nansel Selbol  62' (pen.)
Christian Duke  72'		 Report J. J. Greer  25'
Didier Drogba  57', 89' (pen.)  86'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,405
Referee: Katja Koroleva
June 21, 2017 USL 12Swope Park Rangers2–1Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Liam Doyle  67'
Christian Duke  75'
James Musa  78'
Kharlton Belmar  90+1'		 Report Eddy Prugh  23'
Moise Pouaty  90'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 914
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
June 27, 2017 USL 13Tulsa Roughnecks FC1–2Swope Park RangersTulsa, Oklahoma
19:30 (CDT) Francisco Ugarte  34'
Jorge Luis Corrales  58'
Collin Fernandez  69'		 Report Lebo Moloto  16'
Diego Rubio  27'
Mark Anthony Gonzalez  63'
Adrian Zendejas  90+2'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Referee: Luis Guardia
June 30, 2017 USL 14LA Galaxy II0–1Swope Park RangersCarson, California
21:30 (CDT) Alejandro Covarrubias  43'
Tyler Turner  59'
Ryo Fujii  77'		 Report Cameron Iwasa  45'
Nansel Selbol  63'
Mark Anthony Gonzalez  85'
Tyler Pasher  87'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Referee: Kevin Stott
July 18, 2017 USL 15Swope Park Rangers4–0Rio Grande Valley FCKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Nansel Selbol  33'
Lebo Moloto  39'
Mark Anthony Gonzalez  45+3'
Colton Storm  49'
Cameron Iwasa  84'
Parker Maher  89'		 Report Todd Wharton  58'
Ruben Luna  82'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
July 12, 2017 USL 16Vancouver Whitecaps FC 20–1Swope Park RangersLangley, Canada
14:00 (CDT) Deklan Wynne  64'
Ben McKendry  73'		 Report Kharlton Belmar  65'
Liam Doyle  84'		 Stadium: McLeod Athletic Park
July 16, 2017 USL 17Portland Timbers 20–1Swope Park RangersPortland, Oregon
16:00 (CDT) Kyle Bjornethun  35' Report Kharlton Belmar  61' Stadium: Providence Park
July 20, 2017 USL 18Seattle Sounders FC 20–2Swope Park RangersTukwila, Washington
21:30 (CDT) Charles Renken  36' Report James Musa  31'
Lebo Moloto  47'
Colton Storm  61'
Nansel Selbol  83'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 951
Referee: Katja Koroleva
July 30, 2017 USL 19Swope Park Rangers1–4Reno 1868 FCKansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Felipe Hernandez  60'
Christian Duke  68'		 Report Antoine Hoppenot  1'
Luis Felipe Fernandes  45'
Matt Bersano  45+1'
Lindo Mfeka  64'
Jordan Murrell  66'
Dane Kelly  76'  34'
Seth Casiple  90'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 989
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
August 5, 2017 USL 20Saint Louis FC0–0Swope Park RangersFenton, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Ivan Mirkovic  27'
Matthew Sheldon  57'
Konrad Plewa  90+4'		 Report Amer Didic  56'
Darrin MacLeod  63'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
August 12, 2017 USL 21Swope Park Rangers1–1Orange County SCKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Kharlton Belmar  4'
Lebo Moloto  36'		 Report Zach Kobayashi  51'  86'
Richard Chaplow  71'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
August 18, 2017 USL 22Swope Park Rangers2–2Real Monarchs SLCKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Nansel Selbol  60'
Lebo Moloto  67'
Kharlton Belmar  82'		 Report Daniel Haber  8'
Kyle Curinga  26'  88'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 936
Referee: Malik Badawi
August 23, 2017 USL 23Sacramento Republic FC2–2Swope Park RangersSacramento, California
22:00 (CDT) James Kiffe  34'
Wilson Kneeshaw  36'
Tyler Blackwood  88'		 Report Soony Saad  4'
Lebo Moloto  45'
Kharlton Belmar  68'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
August 26, 2017 USL 24Reno 1868 FC1–0Swope Park RangersReno, Nevada
21:30 (CDT) Antoine Hoppenot  10' (pen.)
Jimmy Ockford  58'
Brenton Griffiths
Luis Felipe Fernandes  90+4'		 Report Adrian Zendejas  18'
Amer Didic  68'
Oumar Ballo  86'
Wan Kuzain  90+2'
Soony Saad 		Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
September 9, 2017 USL 25Swope Park Rangers2–0OKC Energy FCKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Lebo Moloto  19' (pen.), 49'  73'
Colton Storm  63'
Kharlton Belmar  90+1'		 Report Michael Daly  26' Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,073
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
September 9, 2017 USL 26Orange County SC2–1Swope Park RangersIrvine, California
21:00 (CDT) Jerry van Ewijk  43' (pen.)
Irvin Parra  65'
Gustavo Villalobos  89'		 Report Liam Doyle  34'
Kharlton Belmar  46'
Nansel Selbol  84'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,114
Referee: Farhad Dakho
September 17, 2017 USL 27Swope Park Rangers5–2San Antonio FCKansas City, Missouri
16:00 (CDT) Nansel Selbol  11' (pen.), 62'
Felipe Hernandez  45+1'
Kharlton Belmar  65'
Mark Anthony Gonzalez  72'
Max Rugova  80'		 Report Ben Newnam  13'
Omar Gordon  20'
Pecka  45'
Billy Forbes  85'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 1,114
Referee: Farhad Dakho
September 23, 2017 USL 28Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC1–3Swope Park RangersColorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 (CDT) Josh Phillips  12'
Shawn Chin  15'
Pascal Eboussi  90+2'
Rony Argueta  90+5'		 Report Oumar Ballo  20'  1'
Kharlton Belmar  20'
Nansel Selbol  22'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
September 27, 2017 USL 29Swope Park Rangers3–0LA Galaxy IIKansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Kharlton Belmar  37'
Lebo Moloto  53'
Amer Didic  58'
Nansel Selbol  69'		 Report Andre Ulrich Zanga  55'
Jonathan Hernandez  67'
Jorge Hernandez  73'
Adrian Vera  83'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 857
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
September 30, 2017 USL 30Rio Grande Valley FC2–2Swope Park RangersEdinburg, Texas
19:30 (CDT) Joseph Holland  7'
Kyle Murphy  64'  12'		 Report own goal  75' (og)
Christian Duke  87'
Kharlton Belmar  90+1'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Mark Allatin
October 8, 2017 USL 31OKC Energy FC4–1Swope Park RangersOklahoma City, Oklahoma
17:00 (CDT) Miguel Gonzalez  26'
José Angulo  44' (90+4)
Wojciech Wojcik  53'
Juan Guzman  64'
Sam Fink  85'		 Report Parker Maher  79'
Liam Doyle  88'		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
October 11, 2017 USL 32Swope Park Rangers2–1Seattle Sounders FC 2Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 (CDT) Lebo Moloto  48'
Nansel Selbol  54'
Colton Storm  66'
Dakota Barnathan  80'		 Report Zach Mathers  28'  79'
David Olsen  88'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 937
Referee: Tim Wagner

USL Playoffs
Main article: 2017 USL Playoffs
October 22, 2017 Conference QuarterSwope Park Rangers1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		Phoenix Rising FCKansas City, Missouri
15:00 CDT Didic  109' Report Drogba  99' Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field
Attendance: 912
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Penalties
Selbol
Duke
Belmar
Moloto 		Lambert
Dia
Awako
Mala
Note: Match was postponed due to lightning and heavy rain after the first half,[1] Second half was played the following day.
October 28, 2017 Conference SemiSwope Park Rangers1–0Sacramento Republic FCKansas City, Kansas
4:00 pm CDT Maher  39'
Belmar  46'		 Report Kiffe  41'
Ochoa  67'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Note: Match was moved to Papa Murphy's Park due to challenges at Children's Mercy Victory Field.[2] Then it was switched again to Children's Mercy Park.[3]
November 4, 2017 (2017-11-04) Conference FinalsSwope Park Rangers0–0 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)		OKC Energy FCKansas City, Kansas
7:30 pm CDT Didic  53' Report Barril  79'
Daly  90+3'
Wojcik  113'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Penalties
Selbol
Duke
Belmar
Moloto
Hernandez
Barnathan
Storm
Musa
Didic
Maher
Zendejas 		Angulo
Brown
Hyland
Wallace
M. González
D. Gonzalez
Daly
Wojcik
Bond
Fink
Cochran
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13) FinalLouisville City FC1–0Swope Park RangersLouisville, Kentucky
9:00 PM EST Lancaster  88'
Kaye  90+3'
McCabe  90+8'		 Report
Report		 Musa  17'
Didic  24'		 Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 14,456
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Note: Niall McCabe was sent off from the bench

References
  1. "Lightning, Heavy Rain Postpones Swope Park, Phoenix". United Soccer League (USL). October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. "Who Will Host Sacramento Republic, Swope Park Rangers Playoff Game?". sacramento.cbslocal.com. CBS13. October 23, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  3. "Children's Mercy Park to Host Rangers, Republic FC". www.uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League (USL). October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
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